Articles About Wikis & Research


EDUCAUSE REVIEW | September/October 2004, Volume 39, Number - Thoughtful article in which the author considers reasons for using wikis for academic purposes in higher education

Waldrop, M. Mitchell.
Science 2.0 -- Is open access science the future? Scientific American.
Solid article that provides a clear picture of the affordances and constraints of using wikis to publish scientific research in progress and the ways wikis are causing a shift toward collaboration.





Research on Wiki Use


Building Community, Improving Oral Proficiency - PDF

Outline (presentation handout) of info. on a case study re: using a wiki in a Japanese class

Independent, Synchronous, and Asynchronous Approaches to Concept Formation

Page 5 of this article is especially helpful.

socialsoftware-research » TandLCase_Studies

Several case studies re: wiki use for educational purposes in different disciplines

Coley, Toby Franklin. Wikis in the teaching of writing: Purposes for implementation. Master's thesis.

Fontaine, Reneé. (2005). Wiki pedagogy. Dossiers technopédagogiques.
Navigation on left . . . an excellent article on pedagogical implications of wikis and how wikis restructure the power dynamic in the classroom

Lee, J. & Young, C. (2007). Wikis, blogs, and all that stuff: Pre-service teacher experiences with web-based technologies in an interdisciplinary methods course . In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (pp. 3387-3389). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

Solvie, P., & Kloek, M. (2007). Using technology tools to engage students with multiple learning styles in a constructivist learning environment. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education [Online serial], 7(2). Available: http://www.citejournal.org/vol7/iss2/languagearts/article1.cfm



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